The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-04 00:00:00

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA,' Covent -garden. Thsre will, in next week, be five opera nights, z.. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and 6atxrviday. Signor Wachtel's Las* Appearance. Sub , cr;btrs and vis itors of the Royal Italian Opera, Covent - Garden, are respectfully informed that the endeavours to procure an extension of Signor Wachtel's conge of the Im perial Opera at Vienna having been unsuccessful, Signor Wachtel will make his last appearance in England this season This Evening (Saturday, J vne 4, on the occasion of the production of Flotow's opera, Stradella. THIS EVENING (Saturday), Jane 4, will be prodnced, for the first time on the Italian stake in England. Flotow's opera, ST RADELLA. Leonora, Mdlle. Marie Battu ; Bar berino, Signor Eonconi ; Malvolio, Signor Ciampi ; Bassi, Signor Capponi ; and StradellP, Signor Wachtel, h.s last ap pearance this season. In the first and second acts the incidental Divertissement wi 1 be supported by 3ldlle. Mdlle. Carmine, Mdl e. Assanta, Aldlle. Navarre, and 31. De,pla:es. Conductor, Mr. Costa. Commence at half past Eight. "It tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre rte. Is, 103. ed., 75., ard ss. ; mphitheatre. 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at tit, box-of under the portico of the theatre, which is Ppm from teu to five, and at the principa..l musicselltrs' and THEATRE ROYAL II AY M ARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, 3lr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING. THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Mr. Howe and Miss L. Angel. After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs, Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone. Rogers, Clark. Weathersby, ttc. Mesdames Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliam. After which, the new Easter piece , entitled AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Hill Coe. Sze.; Mes dames Louise Keeley, Snowden. Melly' ower, , Wright, Ro4ers, Arc. To concilde with MRS. WHITE. bi r. Compton. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE, Under the Sole 31anagement of Mr. Fechter. Mr. FECHTER will perform,llAMLE I` THIS EVENING (Saturday). Claudius, Mr. Emery ; Polonius, Mr. John • Ghost, Mr. G. Jordan : . Laertes, Mr. C. Vanden- Brougham;Hoia'tio, Mr. J. G. Shore ; First Gravedizger, Mr. H. Widdicemb ; Osric, Mr. E. Charles; Messrs. W 3l'lntvre, F. Morton. Raymond, Moreland, Clifford, Edmonds, bank, Collett ; Ophelia, Miss Kate Terry ; Actress, Miss 31 B etua de ; and Gertruie, Miss Elsworthy. The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin. Notice. —The doors open at half-past 7, and Hamlet corn tiences at 8. Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING will be performed THE OLD STORY. Mr. D. Murray. After which, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Louts and Fabien dei Franchi, Mr. Vining; Chateau Renaud, Mr. Walter Lacy. To conclude with BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy O'Rafferly, Mr. Dominick Murray. NEW THE ATRE-RO (AL, ADELPHi.- 6ole Props Tutor and 'Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Last Week but One of he treat Tragediene, Miss Bateman. in the character of LEAH. THIS EV ENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S HOUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson. Al er which, at 8, LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Biliington, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; mrs. Killington. To cowhide with THE AREA BELLE: Nlessrs. J. L. Toole P. Bedford, Lt. ltomer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. 11. Lewis. Commence at 7, ATISS BATEMAN.—L E A H.—Tins I'M. EVENING and EVERY EVENING.—Miss Bateman wlll appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish ma,deia until further notice. In order to give due effect to his most remarkable success 01 the season, entirety new scenery by the celebrated artists Messrs. Danson and Sons, and Thompson. New drosses and appo'ntments have been preparea for its production.—N.B. In consequence of the pressing and numerous applications at the Box-office, ar rangements have now been made by which Seats m,y be ob tained a week in Advan.e. R O YA L ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, uader the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. rowded with rank and fashion.— The highly successful new CcmAy, by Dim Boucicault ,Esq., every Evening. Re-engagement of those ce ebrazed and popular artistes, Mr. an Mrs. Charles Mathews. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular nsmes of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. .1. Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. F. ,iobinson, Mr. Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss 11. Simms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stining. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING, Miss Herbert. At a quarter before 8, an entirely new and original Comely. In a acts, by Dion Boucicault, entitled THE FOX CHACE, Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews Mr. J. Clarke, Ur. F. Robinson, Mr. Ash' ey, Mr. W. Cham•,er laine ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Henrietta Simms (her first appearance here). At OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND. Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Frank .viatthews. To conclude with SHAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke; Miss Fanny Josephs. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. IL Swanborough. THIS EVENING, THE SILENT SYSTEM. Followed by THE MAID OF HONOUR. Miss Ada Ewanboroug,h. After which, MAZOURKA. Messrs. Honey, James, Fenton, Turner, ,te. ; Misses Marie Wilton, Simpson, dte. To conclude with TIMOTHY TO THE RESCUE. Mr. T. Thorne. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THis DAY.—Morning, lh. 44m.—Afternoon, 2h. 10m. rO-mowitow.-Morning, 2h. 30m.—Afternoon, lh. 50m. Commerce at 7. 1p MOSES AND SON • respectfully call attention to their large and well assorted stock of JUVENILE CLOTHING. The newest a.orics are comb , ned with the latest and most fashionable oesigns, and the best workmanship. E. MOSES and SON give particular attention to this important branch of their business, and they can with confidence affirm that the prices are such as must satisfy the most economical. 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THE ASCOT. —RA CE GLASSES (the best), at CALLAGHAN'S, 23A, New Bond-street, W., corner of Conduit-street. N.8.--sole agent to Voigtland er Vienna. COALS. —The LILLESHAL G COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. Top 233. „ Nut 5........ ..... 18s. „ Dee p . ..... • • • —2lB. Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, w est b ourue Park-road, and 17, South W harf, Pa ddiugton, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. r..E THIRD EDITION O F " T HE SUN , " the Latest BPORTING INTELLIGENCE, ' C ontaininq' N 3 had Every Evening - of PM -' G . R. GLMNIE, News Ara.NT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, um-park. T HE EUROPEAN ASSUItANcE In Generaletal s ! or SOCIETY Nt under o fri t c h e e Treasury, Customs, Inlan d issue GU A. RANTEE POLICIES or BO NDS, at re. 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H 0 It T H A N D.-"PITMAN'S PHONO --7 GRAPHIC forms au exceedi efficient —probably the Jl4)tiT efficient - system of Shorthand that exists."—Sa Rowland Hill. j 4 4 S I Ziljt .-...A040. ° The Weather—Sun Office, June 4, 1864. T7tERMONIETEP.. This 'lay at Two o'clock 59 Barometer-29.83. Wind—North-East; fine. LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1864, After the many brilliant scenes and the exciting events which took place last year, on the occasion of the marriage of the Prince of Wm.Es, the present season must have appeared to leokere-on as singu larly dull and gloomy. All the cheering expecta• tions that had been formed touching the general revival of trade, the impetus given to society, and the restoration of tone to affairs, public as well as private, which has been wanting of late, seemed to have been entirely unfulfilled, or at best but par tially realised. The visit of his Royal Highness and the Princess to Cambridge is the first auspi cious event of the season. It is to be trusted that it may prove an augury, and that better and brighter times may dawn upon us, The Princess must have been much impressed with this her first visit to Cambridge. At any time the attractions would have been numerous and the scene a novel one, but under the particular circumstances of the case the interest was tenfold increased and height ened. She saw as animated a spectacle as any that the world can present, in that Senate rich in past memories, bright with present attributes, and stored with future hopes. There were many things that took place which must have rendered the scene for ever memorable for her, one of those epochs which can be recalled when the first flush of youth is over, and one loves to garner from the storehouse of memory those past treasures of thought and recol lection which have survived its evanescent joys and eclipsed short-lived sorrows. The favourable men. tion of Denmark must have been a source of great delight to her. There can be no one who at all understands the case but must feel the most profound sorrow for the troubles that have so soon overcast the summer beauty of the fair young bride, and must deeply sympathise with the painful situa tion in which she is placed. " There is no armour against fate," is very true ; and a forcible example has been found in this sorrow that has passed through palace gates, and environed the careers that seemed so smiling and so cloudless. It is then greatly to be rejoiced at that the expression of feel. ing at Cambridge was such as to carry comfort to the heart of the Princess, who was there as an English wife, but could not forget she was also a daughter of Denmark. A more touching tribute could not have been paid than the three cheers for the " King of Denmark" which rung through the Hall, and told more earnestly and eloquently than words, what was the innate feeling so forcibly ex pressed. A better offering could not have been laid before her whom all wished to honour, and, by complimenting her, they best evinced their respect and affection for her royal Consort. The Prince has at all times, and in all places, been a favourite, for his total want of stiffness and hauteur. The consequences of exclusion have often been fatal to the popularity of princes ; at all events no one can lay it to the charge of the present Heir Apparent of the English Crown. He has travelled in many lands, and has visited many ranks and classes, and doubtless he found no scene more interesting than that which met him at Cambridge smid the halls of that time-honoured University where he had himself been a student. From those classic scenes he was summoned by a painful bereavement, and it may be said that this was his last training-place, for he thence stepped into a more responsible posi tion, and assumed more direct duties, The Public Orator made an appropriate allusion to the example left to the Prince by his illustrious father's career, and doubtless the effect was heightened by the recollection that the late lameated Prince had been the Chancellor of that very University which that day did honour to his son. The mention of the tie which existed between the people and their future ruler being strengthened by the Prince's love of everything English was a very just one, and great truth was to. be found in the expression of this congenial sentiment. Nothing can possibly attract a peculiar and personal interest in one so superior in rank unless there is manifested some of those benevolent feelings and expanded sympathies, which proclaim their possessor to be sensible of his duties as well as his dues, and show that he recog nises the rights of his people as much as he is sen sible of his own prerogative. To the Princess the Orator addressed some sentences, and this led to another expression of sympathy and admiration for Denmark. His praise of the KING'S courage and the patriotism of the people was warmly applauded by the assembly. Very grateful must all this hare been to her who bears her last recollection of that afflicted nation when it came out to bid her GOD speed on her way to another land, where splendours and honours awaited her. This constantly recurring testimony to . the feelings entertained by England must en courage the Danes, and inspire them with new courage. Austria and Prussia came in for a large share of disfavour, and indeed the fairy tale of the roses and diamonds bestowed en one sister, and the viper s and reptiles on the other, seemed realised in the portion awarded to the countries now engaged in the war or preparing for fresh engagements. It is singular that at the time when such a welcome was given to the mention of Denmark and the spirit and bravery of the Danes, the address of the depu tation from Jutland should come to ratify the opi nion so favourably recorded, and to attest the vali dity of the decision arrived at. This address breathes throughout a genuine spirit of independence— The strength whereby The patriot girds himself to exists vital and unconquerable in these few but fer vent words. It is the language of those - whom no fears will drive from their purpose, and no mot i ves ofexpedi ency withdraw from their allegiance. They declare that they attach " more importance to th e future of the country, and filo indepe n d ence of his Majesty as a Danish KING, than to liberation from the pressure of the moment. ,, This is the manner to deserve success, if so be that the worst influences of time and place and the cruel conjunction of circumstances are against us. What a contrast does this noble resignation and this strenuous devotion offer to the. reckless conduct of the Prussians ! The most sceptical can no longer doubt, the most sneering must hid© his sarcasms, and the most despairing must admit that it is now patent to the world what are the true sympathies of England in regard to this Northern war. Oar Sympathies have not been hid, and if mistaken men are choosing a misguided policy to signify our wishes to other lands, it is a subterfuge that can deceive no one. Tha unselfish feelings that reign in early life, the honest expression of the emotions that flash suddenly upon the mind, these are not to be tampered and trifled with. De:.,mark w , .s the tiaeme uppermost in the minds of all amid the fatigues and pleasures of that busy day at Cam. THE SUN, LONDON', SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 4, 1864, bridge. The sentiments that found an utterance in that vociferous applause will outlive the feelings that prompted the evanescent utterances of the hour, and that heroic people may count it as not the ;east of their tributes that the rank of England rose up to do them honour. The improvement of the means of communication in our busy metropolis has long been occupying a large share of public attention. The changes pro posed, discussed, and partly carried into Effect during the last ten or twelve years, will shortly have revolutionised the whole appearance of our timeworn and smoky city. Londoners seem to have suddenly awoke to a sense of its drawbacks and deficits, and instead of retaining their old faith in its perfection, or their old listless indifference to its failings, they are inclined to begin at once upon half a dozen works of stupendous character. We are to have an embankment along both sides of good old Father Thames—we are to have the inequalities of one great thoroughfare remedied by the Holborn Valley Improvement, and an intricate network of railway lines is to relieve our leading highways of all superfluous traffic. Indeed, what with the demolition of ancient structures, the erec• tion of new stations, the consequent new streets and numberless changes, quiet folks are beginning to get somewhat tired of improvements and innovations. There is, however, one very important department in which little or nothing has been done, and which must be altogether reformed before our metro politan traffic can be put upon a permanent and satisfactory footing. So long as London continues to be the vast emporium of trade and commerce, which it now is, there must always be a mighty stream flowing from north to south, from south to north. Ten years ago it was calculated that 11,000 vehicles passed Foster•lane in one day, and since our traffic is ever increasing, what must the average be now ? We can form some dim idea by the ceaseless panorama of wheels passing daily by a City win dow through the long hours of daylight and far into the night. We can estimate its rapid increase by the constant crush, the frequent stoppages, which no devices for relieving traffic have as yet sufficed to cure. And out of these hundreds of thousands of vehicles of all kinds how many need or wish to cross the waters that divide Middlesex from Surrey ? Those who have stood on London-bridge through a busy afternoon may perhaps be able to answer. In spite of railways thrusting their long arms right into the midst of our streets and squares, in spite of embankments, new streets and every other improvement, we have no reason to hope, or rather to fear, that this stream of traffic will materially diminish, for the commercial fortunes of our nation show no evidence of decay. But a foreigner, while admiring or perhaps envying the spectacle, would certainly, if a stranger to the country, learn with surprise that only three of the bridges which span the Thames are free. It is curious to find such an anomaly in the great free trading nation, when Paris has free bridges and most other continental cities as well. If toll gates are generally detested and are about to be abolished by common consent, why should the toll on bridges be preserved ? It is certainly a much greater hindrance and obstruction to business than the bar on the or dinary highway, while it presents much moreserious difficulties to the poorer class of passengers. A poor person may go round a street or two without incon ve❑ience, but to go from Waterloo to Westminster is another matter, and it is the foot passenger to whom the toll-money would be the real object. Some time since Alderman SALOMON S brought for ward a motion with the object of making all the Thames bridges free, and such would be the proper course. The Board of Works could easily purchase the bridges if empowered eo to do by Act of Parliaa meat, and they might levy a halfpenny rate on the benefitted property, which is estimated at £12,500,000. It is at present a noticeable fact that the neighbourhood of the bridges is comparatively thinly inhabited, and one result of throwing open the bridges would be, that working men would be enabled to live on the south side of the Thames, thereby relieving a little of the terrible pres sure on the labouring homes of London. Rents would in consequence be less exorbitant, and what is more important, the public health would gain. So long as men are obliged to live within walking distanoe of their work, and are deterred by the toll from crossing the neighbouring bridge, they will be found to huddle their families into small rooms and close courts from absolute lack of choice. The scanty population near the paying bridges is evidence how much they affect the settlement of the poorer classes, and we need not wonder that men of that rank take the toll into consideratiea when we find large firms like CnAPLIN and HORNE taking advantage of the free bridges. It is but natural that they should do so, since their business is not of a pressing nature, but the fact of such a choice shows how much the open• ing of the bridges would relieve the traffic on the northern side of the river. Some movement is likely, we hope, to he made in this matter before long, since the Chairman of the Southwark-bridge Company has informed the LORD MAYOR that the directors are prepared to conclude a negotiation for opening the bridge to the public for a limited period on terms to be agreed upon, or which seems the simpler and better method, they are willing to effect a sale for £200,000. The bridge originally cost £700,000. The proposal has been submitted to the Common Council, and referred to the Bridge House Estates Committee for consideration. Let us hope that they may decide upon it in accordance with the requirements of the public convenience. It would betiies be prudent to seize this opportu nity of securing the bridge, since the present time would be most favourable for improving the aps proaches thereto. The steep incline on the northern side especially needs attention, and could now be remedied without unnecessary expense or delay. But if the present opportunity is allowed to slip, and the new street by the Mansion House is formed, the time will come when the improve ment must be effected, and the bridge bought up at a great sacrifice and needless outlay. These j public matters should be treated in a public spirit, and not dealt with in a petty and temporising man ner. Continental nations set us a better example in such things. England too often presents a startling contrast between vast enterprises and daring speculation on the one hand, and a short sighted prejudice and false economy on the other. LOAN SOCIETIES.—Mr Tidd Pratt's annual ab. street of the accounts of loan societies in England and \Vales shows a constantly lengthening list. These so cieties now number 758. At the close of the year 1859 he had to report on societies with £293,005 in borrowers' hands; at the close of 1863 the societies in the list just issued had £473,985 out on lean. Loans were made by them in 1863 to 172,850 persons, and the amount circulated in the year was £802,261. The societies received 454,370 for interest, and charges for forms of application and for making inquiries ; and the expense of management was £20,266. The sum of £25,4 0 2 was paid for interest to depositors or shareholders, and there was left a net profit of £7,969. In the year 1863 15,966 summonses were issued for £33,551, and 1,804 dis tress warrants; borrowers or their sureties paid £2,805 for costs. Five hundred of these societies are in the metropolis and suburbs, and the place of business of these London so cieties is almost invariably a publichouse. In Lancashire, Cheshire, and Yorkshire, and at Nottingham there are so cieties on a higher scale, having43,ooo, £4,000, and £5,000 in circulation. A loan society at Leeds has above £ll,OOO out on loan; at Hanley, and also at Birmingham, there is one with £lB,OOO, and one at Longton, Staffordshire, with 420,000, LATEST INTELLIGENCE LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] THE PRINCIPALITIES. ST. PETERSBURG, JUNE 4. The _Deutsche Peters' urger Zeitung publishes a semi-official article, staying that the recent acts of Prince Couza were illegal, on account of their being in opposition to the Pdtis Convention of 1858, and because no modification of the Constitution of the United Principalities cln take place without the consent of the Sultan. SWITZERLAND. BERNE, JUNE 4. The Federal Commissioners returned from the Basle district, announce that the reports of hostile feeling and danger to the public peace in that dis trict have been greatly exaggerated. The Go vernment having, for the present, made all the necessary concessions to the people, there was nothing to fear. NEW ZEALAND. (Per Telegraph from Suez). MELBOURNE, APRIL 25. Advises from New Zcaland announce that two severe engagements had occurred at Alaungataw hiri and Tarachi. The natives were defeated at the former place, which they abandoned, while at the latter the English troops suffered a reverse.. The English loss, in both engagements, amounted to 80 killed and wounded. The probability of the close of the campaign is still distant. CHINA. (Per Telegraph from Suez). SHANGHAI, APRIL 22. Major Gordon has defeated the rebels at Waisoo, and expected that Nanking and Soochutuf would surrender shortly. SOUITAMPTON, JUNE 4. The chartered steamer Norman, Captain Johns, with troops, from Gibraltar, has arrived in the river, and is waiting orders from the Government. ALGERIA. PARIS, JUNE 4. The Moniteur of to day publishes the details of the victory obtained by General J usuf over the con• tingeats of Djebel Amour, and aays— " The manoeuvres of toe troops daily render it more difficult for the Arabs to keep up the insur rection. Gonerai Deligny foresees the time ap proaching when the insurrectionists will be forced to disperse, The insurgents renewed the attack on Ammy Mouses, but were repulsed." FRANCE. PARIS, JUNE 3. The Emperor and Empress yesterday afternoon walked together for some time in the Bois de Bou logne near the lake. The Japanese ambassadors gaffe a splendid din ner the day before yesterday at the Grand Hotel to M. Drouyn de Lhnys, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Count de Chasseloup-Leubat, Minister of Marine, and a distinguished party, consisting of the heads of the great bodies of the State ; several persons connected with the Court; Senators, Council lors of State, and Deputies ; and high officials belonging to the various Ministries. Nothing could surpass the exquisite politeness of the hosts, who with all their secretaries and numerous staff, were in grand official costume. Such of the members as speak French, English, and Dutch, exerted themselves to do th honours of the fete,and general surprise was expressed at the admirable manner in which they acquitted them-elves. At the dessert, the first Japanese interpreter rose, and, in the name of the three ambassadors, proposed a toast to the Emperor of the French, to which M. Drouyn de Lbuys responded by drinking to the health of the Taicoun and to the consolidation of friendly relations between France and Japan. " We have received," says the France," through Bona, accounts from Tunis to the 28th ult. At that date, the situation had not changed. The plenipotentiary sent to the Bey by :Siondouh, the leader of the insurrection, had returned to the camp of the latter near Cephas. That envoy declared that the Bey refused to give any official reply to the ultimatum of the insurgents, but made known to them that, of his full will, he granted, by way of voluntary concession, most of the points comprised in their demands. As to accepting the resignation of the Kasnadar, the Boy did not think proper to give any explanations. That reply did not satisfy the chiefs of the movement, who nevertheless have not undertaken any fresh enterprise." The Ariege steam transport has left Toulon for Algeria, having on board a detachment of Hussars and a million of cartridges. The Mons journals announce that the Duke de Brabant is to visit that town on Sunday, on the occasion of the fate, when a grand military car rousel is to be organised. An ancient Roman sword, having a gold hilt, set with precious stones, was found last week at Heilig kreuz, near Trdves. The blade was nearly destroyed by rust, but the hilt was in perfect preservation. BOURSE, June 3.—The market has been firm, and the business done shows an improvement. For the Account, Threes are now at 67 f. 15c. Mobilier have advanced to 1,147t'. 50c. Little doing in Rail way shares. The market closed as follows : Italian LOOM 7O 10 D o . en d month• . • 70 20 Ditto Threes New Mexican. • • • 58 75 Russian Austrian Spanish Threes Rome Debt .. 5O 25 Deferred 4j per Cents. . . 93 50 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 10 Credit Mobilier 1145 Do. end month 1151 25 Bank Shares 3375 Credit toncier 1240 Roman RAIL, 'AYH. Cash. Account. 865 872 50 995 .. 995 877 60 .. 880 Orleans .......... Northern Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto .............. Southern .............. Western .............. .28.8 tern •••• ....... ..• Sardinian .... Austrian .............. Lombard .............. North of Spain . ....... Saragossa .........••••• Ditto to Barcelona .. • • 647 50 .. 652 50 500 - - 461 25 .. 466 25 367 50 .. 368 75 402 50 .. 40:5 536 25 .. 542 50 451 25 .. 450 - 575 - .. 575 - 257 50 - AMERICA. soUTHANIPTON, JUNE 3, The North German Lloyd's screw steam-ship Hansa, Captain H. J. von Sauten, from New York on the 21st ult.. arrived off Cowes at 7 p.m., and went on to Bremen. Fine weather and easterl y winds were experienced on the passage. She brings 40 passen gers for this port and Havre, and 172 for Bremen. On freight, 51,700 dole. for England; 71,200 dols. for France; and 1,500 dole. for Bremen. T a h t. e 41 H N Hansa lasopuog 55 30 \V., the ship Rheme ;ke the foliowing ships:--flay 24, in in lat. 41 40 N., long. 49 15 W., the British ship Shakspere ; 26th, in la t. 43 2 N., lon g . 43 50 W . , the British ship Elizlb eth Greetling ; 28th, in lat. 45 N., leng 32 50 W. , the British shi p Ketell y; 31st, in lat. 43 50 N., lon g . 18 10 W., the Bri tfsh s hip Hannah Fironer and bark Sidney; June 1, in lat. 49 18 N., long. 13 58 W., the British bark Constantis. Her news has been anticipated. MISSING SH[P.—LONDON, June 3.—The Argus, of London, which sailed from Gravesend on the stb. of February for S;, Michael's, was spoken on the ISth of February, on which night it blew a hurricane, and she has not since been bard of, Napoleon the Great and Pius VII, In the Comstigutionnel we find quoted by M. Paul Limayrac, from the newly-published " Life of Cardinal Consalvi," two very remarkable letters that have never before been given to the public—the one written by his Holiness Pope Pius VII., the other by Madame Mere, both addressed to his Eminence Cardinal Consalvi, and both having especial rela tion to the Great Napoleon, They are filled, these two letters, says M. Limay rac, with such moral grandeur that it is difficult to read them without emotion. Rarely has religion inspired more elevated sentiments than are ex pressed in this page, emanating directly from the heart of Pius VII. Language like this seems to descend from heaven. Truth in all its purity is triumphant, the man disappears from view, the Pontiff can remember nothing but the immense service rendered to the Church by the powerful legislator who, after having borne the crown of Charlemagne, became nothing less than a martyr. Here, however, is the letter itself, written at Castel Gpndolfo on 'clae 6th of October, 1817, by his Holiows— PIUS VII, TO CARDINAL CONSALTI. " Oar well-beloved Cardinal,—The Family of the Emperor Napoleon has apprized us, through Car dinal Fesch, that the rocky island of St. Helena is deadly or mortal in its influences, and that the Poor Exile is there perishing slowly day by day. We have learnt this news with infinite pain, and you without doubt will participate in our grief, for we ought neither of us to forget that, after God, it is principally to him that is due the re-est blish ment of Religion in that great kingdom of France. The pious and courageous initiative of 1801 has long caused us to forget and to pardon all subsequent wrongs. Savona and Fontainbleau are only errors of judgment, or blunders of human ambition. The Concordat was an act of Salvation, as Cnristiau as it was Heraic ! "The mother and the family of Napoleon appeal to us for our sympathy and generosity. We think it but just and grateful at once to respond to this adjuration. We rely implicitly upon your entering into our intentions, while we now charge you to write in our behalf to the Allied Sovereigns, but more particularly to the Prince Regent, who has given us so many testimonies of esteem. He is, remember, your ' dear and good friend;' and we rest assured that you will beseech him to assange the sufferings of Such An Exile! It will be, to our hearts, an inexpressible joy if we may thus be enabled to contribute in any way to diminish the tortures of Napoleon I He can be no longer a danger to any one, and we are, at least, desirous that he may become a remorse to no one. . . . Pius PP. VII. Madame, Mere de Napoleon le Grand, in her let ter, dated 27 May, 1818, writes to Cardinal Con salvi, among other things,— . . . My brother, Cardinal Fesch, has not left me in igno rance of the generous manner in which you have welcomed the demand of my Great and Unhappy Exile of St. Helena. . . . My sons Lucien and Louis, wh3 feel themselves so honoured by your unalterable friendship, are profoundly sensible of all that the Pope and your Eminence have done with out our knowledge to preserve our tranquillity menaced by the Powers. We find support and an asylum only under the Pontifical Government, and our gratitude to it is not less great than its benefi cence. I pray your Eminence to place my homage at the feet of the Holy Pontiff Pius VII. I speak in the name of the whole of my proscribed family, and, above all, in the name of him who is now dying inch by inch on the desert rock. His Holi ness and your Eminence are the only ones in Europe who endeavour to mitigate his griefs, and who are solicitous to shorten the term of their con• tinuance. I thank both his Holiness and your Eminence from the fullness of my maternal heart, and remain ever your Eminence's most devoted and most grateful, Madame Vacancies, Appointments, and Promotions in the Civil Service, (From: the Ihe Civil Service Gazale.) HOME OFFICE.—'I:e Governorship of Wakefield Prison is vacant, COLONIAL OFFICE.—Mr. L. F. Lee has been ap pointed s writer at Ceylon. WAR OFFICE.--Mr. J. S. Young has been ap pointed a clerk in the Purveyor's Department. EDUCATION OFFICE.—The Rev. W.F. Tregarthen and the Rev, G. French have been appointed in spectors of Schools. THE POST-OFFICE.— Mr. T. Roe has been ap pointed postmaster at Ryde. CUSTOMS.—Mr. G. Brenan, outdoor officer, first class, S igo, has been promoted to be principal coast officer, Bally shannon, Sligo; Mr. H. Lane, clerk, fifth class, to be clerk, fourth class, Longroom, Lond in ; Mr. J. Baxter, examining officer, secoltd class, to be examining officer, first class: Mr. Japp, examining officer, third class, to be officer, second class; Mr. R. M'Adam, examining officer, fourth class, to be examining officer, third class; Mr. M. Jenkins, examining officer, fifth class, to be examin ing officer fourth class; Mr. J. Dale, examining officer, sixth class, to be examining officer, fifth class; and Mr. D. Brereton, examining officer, seventh class, to be examining officer, sixth class, at Liverpool. INLAND REVENUE, EXCISE BRANCII.-Mr. G. Little, second clerk, has been appointed first clerk, Lond'nderry collection ; Mr. I. Jones, officer, Not tingham, first division, to Newport division, Staf ford collection ; Mr. J. Thomson, officer, Auchter muchty, first division, to Nottingham, first division; Mr. P. Gardner, officer, Winterton ride, Hull col. lection, to Auchtermuchty, first division ; Mr. It. Webb, officer, Ween ride, Perth collection, to Win• terton ride; Mr. W. M'Gruer, first class assistant, 13ridgend, first division, Cambelton collection, to Ween ride ; Mr. W. Betts Dixon, officer, Grantham, first ride, to Tattershall ride, Stamford collection; Mr. T. Hardwicke, dropped first class assistant, Wexford collection, to Grantham, first ride ; Mr. H. Dowding, officer, Boness division, Linlithgow collection, to Logierait, second division, Perth col lection; and Mr. W. H. Banks, second clerk, Ayles bury collection, to be officer of Boness IRELAND.—Mr. J. Crow has been appointed a transcriber in the Registry of Deed Office, Dublin. THE EAST INDIES.—Mr. R. J. Scott, Bengal Civil Service, has been appointed to officiate as a judge of the High Court of Judicature, Bengal; Mr W. F. MiDonell to be a magistrate and collector of the first grade in Chumparun ; Mr R. J. Richard son, officiating civil and sessions judge of Behar, to be civil and sessions judge of that district; Mr R. V. Cockerell, officiating magistrate and collector of Hooghly, to be magistrate and collector of that district; Mr E, W. Molony, magistrate and collec tor of Jessore, to be a magistrate and collector of the first grade ; Mr J. D. Gordon to be magistrate and collector of Pubna ; Mr J. H. Ravenshaw, offi ciating magistrate and collector of Maldah, to be magistrate and collector of the second grade; Mr F. M. Halliday to be a joint magistrate and deputy collector of Hooghly; Mr J. Monro, officiating joint magistrate and deputy collector of Sarun, to be joint magistrate and collector of that district; Mr T. F. Bignold, to be a joint magistrate and deputy collector of the second grade; Mr F. B. Simeon to be additional judge of Jessore; and Mr R. L. Mangles, magistrate and collector of Tipperab, to be a magistrate and collector of the first grade. — Civil Service Gazette. WHY A NEWSMONGER, SHOULD BE HAPPY. — Such a one says Brown knows The .News of the Woi ld, and is Independent of the Times and Public Opinion. Hs is the Observer of all events, and can Chronicle the _Daily Hews in his Journal. On the rising of the Sun tie can study the Mercury, and thus become a general Spectator. He may _Dispatch a Courier for the Peep o' .Day, aLd scan the Budget in the Express or :telegraph, and if he is not inclined for a 'Sporting Life, he can enjoy his Sun day at Home. He may become acquainted with the London Journal, and make every Faintly Friend the Herald of Good Words. In the present Era of The World he would be regarded as the Welcome Guest in every Leisure Hour, and feel extremely happy in the enjoyment of a little Fun, and take Punch with John Bull, Lastly, as a Guardian of the Constitution he should secure a Commercial Direefory of British Workman throughout The _Realm ; give them employment Ali the Year Bound, and pay them all Onoo a Week,—,Era. Rothschild's ari;:', Notwithstanding his avarice in ordinary life, Nathan Rothschild was fond of showing his wealth in luxurious entertainments and sumptuous ban quets, to which ho invited the aristocracy of rank and birth—though not that of talent. Peers and princes of the blood sat at his table; bishops and archbishops bowed before him ; and those who preached loudest against Mammon were foremost in worshipping the successful representative of the golden guinea. At his grand entertainment, Nathan, who was really a very uneducated man, and scarcely able to write, covered his ignorance by an affected brusguerie of speech and manner which, though it imposed on some, made him extremely ludicrous in the eyes of others. Thus he was a constant mark for the satirists of the day. His huge and slovenly appearance; the lounging attitude he assumed when leaning against his pillar at the Royal Exchange ; his rugged speech, with strongly marked Jewish accent and idiom, made caricature easy, and gave him up an helpless victim to his enemies. Of these he had many—some of them created, no doubt, by envy—but also a large num ber of others whom he had ruined, or who had fancied themselves ruined by him. Few weeks passed in the latter part of his career without his receiving threatening letters, informing him that unless he should deposit a certain sum of money at a given place he would be shot, or poisoned, or, more liberally, blown up in his house in Piccadilly. These threats sometimes took such an effect upon Nathan Rothschild as to haunt him like a night mare. One day two tall, moustachioed men—it must be remembered that this was the anti-mou stachioed period—were shown into his private par lour at the St. Swithin's-lane counting-house. Nathan bowed; th© visitors bowed. Nathan arose; and his bearded visitors moved close up to him, their hands fumbling about in the pockets of their great ' coats. Nathan saw it at a glance—the moustachioed fellows had come to shoot hith, their haul a scarobing for deadly weapons in their pockets. Quick as light ning, Nathan took up his brass-bound ledger and hurled it at the heads of the strangers, at the same screaming " Murder !" in a paroxysm of fright. The screams brought all the clerks and porters of the house into the sanctum of the millionnaire. Explanations took place place, when it was found that the two thousand moustachioed strangers were rich bankers from abroad, who, with a little nervous anxiety in the presence of the Ceasar of the Stock Exchange, had fumbled in their pockets for letters of introduction and other necessary credentials. " You must be a happy man, Mr. Rothschild," said once a gentleman sitting at N ithan's banquetting table, and glancing around at the superb appoint. ments of the mansion of his host. " Happy !—me happy !" was the reply. " What I happy, when just as you are going to dine you have a letter placed in your hands, " saying, " If you do not send me £6OO, I will blow your brains out ?' Happy ! me happy !"—lnstead of with his wife, Nathan frequently slept with a pair of loaded pis tols by his side. Poor Nathan !—Railway News. Original Letters of Daniel Defoe. It will be seen, by a reference to their dates, that they apply to a period of Defoe's life of which no , thing has been hitherto known. In the reign of Queen Anne he had been sent, by the instrumenta lity of Harley, into Scotland to watch and report measures touching the Union. He committed his observations to paper, and they are full of that peculiar talent in which Defoe excelled—pithy and pointed descriptions of the chief actors who took part in those momentous debates. In the course of his observations the writer had represented the party of the Cavaliers in favourable colours; he had even ventured to present his patron, Godolphin, and the Duke of Marlborough, in an odious light, as eclipsing the dignity and authority of the Queen. The Work was not ready for publication until 1714, when George I. had ascended the throne; the Tories were now in disgrace, and the Wiaigs had monopolized the King's favour. With a baseness, happily singular in the annals of literature, Defoe printed his work and published it anonymously, for reasons which will appear afterwards. But in order to neutralize any favourable impressions on behalf of the party by whom he had been employed and make his peace with the Whigs, he prefaced it with an introduction, written in the spirit and tone of a Whig, professing the utmost abhorrence for "a set of men in both kingdoms, who had the felonious in tentions towards their country, " and been a con stant dead-weight upon the Revolution." He pre tended that the book had come by accident into the possession of the publisher, and had been designed by some Tory high-flyer " for the triumph of another day," when liberty and the Protestant religion would have been extinguished; and, therefore, every expression favourable to the Tory and High Church party wad the servile praise of an euthor hostile to the real interests of his country. Next year (1715) appeared a defence of Defoe's public conduct, evidently emanating from himself, though ostensibly given to the world by his publisher, left incomplete, and so artfully worded, that whilst it defended his intimacy with Harley, the Whigs and dissenters were led to believe that Defoe had re mained faithful to their principles. It concluded with this solemn appeal —" I cannot doubt but some time or other it will please God to open men's eyes. A constant steady adhering to personal virtue and to public peace, which, I thank God, I can appeal to Him has always been my practice, will at last restore me to the opinion of sober and impartial men, and that is all I desire." With this solemn protest on his lips, Defoe continued not only a Tory ostensibly, but, as such, was the conductor of a journal in the interest of the Tories. As such he offered to sell himself and his principles to Walpole and Townshend, then omnipotent in royal favour. His own account of his interview with the latter exposes a piece of ras cality we will not trust any other words than his own to describe :—" In considering, after this, which way I might be most useful to the Govern ment, it was proposed by my Lord Townshend that I should still appear, as if I were as before under the displeasure of the Govern ment, and separated from the Whigs, and that I might be more serviceable in a kind of dis guise than if I appeared openly." On this under standing, alike discreditable to Defoe and his employers, he was to manage the Tory paper in such a way as that the style should continue Tory, " the party be amused, and the sting of it taken out." So, whilst to his employer and his readers Defoe represented himself as an enemy to the Government, and estranged from the Whigs, he engaged to do all in his power as editor to bring all attacks upon the Government into contempt, and betray the secrets of the paper he was employed to conduct. In his own words, "Whilst the journal should pass as a Tory paper, it should be disabled and enervated, so as to do no mischief or give any offence to the Government,"—London Review. SINGULAR CHARGE OF STEALING NEWSPAPERS. —At Blackburn, yesterday, Nathaniel Eccles, yarn agent, of Hoddlesden, near Blackburn, was charged with stealing two newspapers—the Manchester Guardian and the Times—from the Exchange News-room. The prisoner, who has been a member of the news •room for about three months, was seen to handle the papers somewhat suspiciously by the secretary, who, owing to the theft of a number of papers from the room during the past six months, had secreted himself so that he could observe what passed in the news room without being seen. Yesterday morning, about eleven o'clock, he saw the prisoner and another member in the room. The prisoner took up a copy of the Manchester Guardian, and, after looking around the room, ho put the paper in his pocket. He then took a copy of the Times, and the other member having left the room, the prisoner put the Times into his pocket and followed. When at the door he was stopped by the secretary, who told him he believed he had some papers which did not belong to him. " Weil," he replied, "I have got the Manchester Guardian," and gave that paper to the secretary, who told him that he had another paper, lie then produced the copy of the Times, remarking that he was going to Colne, and wished to read the paper as he went. He was given into custody, and when charged, replied, "I brought the papers out with me, but I did not know that I was doing wrong, I am only a new member." The defence was, that it was the custom for members of the Darwen news-room to take papers away with them, and that the prisoner had done so without any felonious intent, tAr. Clough objected that the bench, who were also members of the news. room, had no jurisdic tion, and that the prisoner could not be charged with steal• ing his own property. The bench, however, committed him for trial, but admitted him to bail,—.3lattehester Guardian, " HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, JUNE 1. The Queen went out in the morning with their Royal Highnesses the Princess Helena and Princess Leiningen ; and drove out in the afternoon with her Royal Highness Princess Leiningen, her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice, and Mrs Bruce round the Lynn of Muick. The Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse. The Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse drove to Twickenham in the afternoon yesterday and visited the Duke and Duchess d'Aumaie. Their Royal Highnesses went to the Olympic Theatre in the evening accompanied by Prince Ilerrar.nn of Solms-Lich and Count Schoenberg, and attended by Madlle. de Grapey and CAptain von Westerweller. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Mary, the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, arid the Heredi tary Grand Duke Adolphus, arrived at St. James's palace yesterday from Cambridge Cottage, KW , for the season. The Marchioness of Downshire had a dance last night at the family mansion in Belgrave-squar e. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg- Strelitz, and a very numerous com.. pang were present. The Earl and Countess Forteecue were honoured by the company of their Rua? Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Mary at dinner yesterday evening at the noble earl's house in Bruton-street. A select and distinguished party hud the honour to join the circle. The Countess of Shaftesbury will have an assem bly this evening at the family mansion in Grosvonor square. The Countess of Caledon has left town for Tit• tenhanger, near St. Albans, Herts. Count de Rantzau has left the Brunswick Hotel, Jernayn-street, for Kiel. Viscount and Viscountess Boyne received a select party at dinner last evening at their residence in Be.grave-square. Lard and Lady Huntingfield have arrived at the St. George's Hotel. Lady Granville Somerset has left Farrance'll Hotel for Dover, on her way to the Continent. Baron Heynfels has left the Brunswick, JermYll. street, on his return to Saxony. We have to announce that a marriage is arrang ed between Mr. Thynne, the eldest son of the E el? ' Lord John Thynne, D.D., and Miss Sherida n ' datiglAer of Mr. Btinsley Sheridan, M.P. i•'?2iPPROACIIING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.---Th e marriage of Lord Frederick Cavendish, second son of the Duke of Devonshire, with the Hon. Lucy Lyttleton, 10' 1 of Honour to the Queen, and daughter of Lord LyttleteliP will be solemnised on Tuesday next at Westminster Abb e f The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer and g rB ' Gladstone (aunt of the fair betrothed) will give the weddi n g breakfast at their family iesidence on Carlton House-terrece• THE 85TH (THE KING'S LIGHT INFANTRY REG I4 :BENT.) —The officers belonging to and formerly tp the regiment dined together yesterday evening at 'MO 5 Rooms, King-street, St. James's, Major Brook To lOr was the president, and the other officers present War Major-General H, French, Sir Henry Edwards, the lain General, the Rev. George R. Gleig, M.A. ; Colone l W. Frey, Colonel Dering, Lieut.-Colonel Maunsel, Colonel Williamson, Lieut.-Colonel Warde, Major the 14°7; S. Knox, Major Maunsell, Captain Ayrtoun, Capr a . Boyle, Captain Hogg, Captain D. H. Mytton, Cap is Mathew, Captain Morland, Captain Rooper, CLIP°. Thompson, Lieut. Galbraith, Lieut. Lewin, Lieut. Po l. ': son, Lieut. Oldfield, Lieut. Taylor, Mr. Maitland, and Thompson. PIGEON SHOOTING AT HORNSEY-WOOD. --113 ; first important handicap of the season was shot ° on Thursday in the Hornsey-wood enclosure, in the P re' sence of a very large gathering, The weather was faYstil able, and there was a slight breeze from the south-east. P : less than 85 competitors answered to their 113 0 :1 . The birds, with but few exceptions, were both fast 6 . 11 " strong on the wing, and the shooting, speaking generai l l' was first-rate, when it is considered that non e but P 3r , tridge guns were used, some carrying as little as W e ; of shot, and many of the birds falling at distal,' t varying from 35 to 70 yards. In addition to the Os prize of 240 cove Mr. Purdey, the eminent gunmA ."A; presented a well-executed breech-loader to the winne r. two-thirds of the guns used were breech-loaders, it vic' ul t seem that the prejudices which existed when they were aro% introduced have gradually died away ; indeed, more half the prizes at Hornsey-wood have been carried off them, Shortly before 3 o'clock the first shot was fi red f c :r the Derby Handicap of soya each, with 1 soy forfeit, ;"1 peers, &embers of Parliament, officers in the army fol d il lr• on full pay, members of White's, Brooks's, Boodle e, thur's. Guards', Carlton, Travellers', Arlington, St Javi e6 o Union, Windham, Pratt's, Egerton Pratt's, New Gi l t! jy Edinburgh, certain Paris clubs, and all the Jockey Clu ; Europe ; guns not to exceed 11 bore; use of both barre ;s lioz. of shot, and halt a yard allowed for of shot. 6 0 birds each from five traps. Barber, puller. The first 1),,,r-0 of 240 sovs and a Purdey gun was won by Colonel 5°4 ;0 Jenyns, killing eight birds in succession. Second P riz i o 120 soya and cup—Hon, R. C. Hill, M.P., killing 68 0 C birds out of eight shots. Third prize of 65 sovs---V o ll3°° ,oll. Stormont, killing six birds out of seven shots. •'°- priz_., the forfeits—Captain the Hon. H. Campbell. s. an , v STEAM SHIPBUILDING ON THE CLYDE. t d recent launches from the Clyde yards may be 11°e'pet, that of the Ella, paddle, of 868 tons, builders' meastirel3iiied• built by Messrs W. Denny and Brothers, and to be 8 141 : ft , with engines of 200 horse power nominal by geL6tti Napier and Sons, Lancefield Foundry, Glasgow. "7 1 Henderson, Coulborn, and Co., of Renfrew, have la , a " a paddle named the Alekcander, of the following(l.oec gone :—Length 1601 f, breadth 23ft, depth 84. The :4B lls' is being fitted with a pair of the builder's diagonal aeveso ting engines, of 60 horse power nominal. A duplic ate g ala , sel, to be named the Michel, will be launched by tb . ° a for builders in a few days—bath steamers being in tenae Russia. Two steamers recently launched by Messrs 1 J. Inglis, of Pointh uuse , f or the Queensland Steam l" Cl tion Company, have just made trial trips between th e ylte and Cumbrae lighthouses. The first of these steal:O r/4 0 Lady Young, is a paddle of 648 tons, builders' nrelo urej: „ g oer' and is propelled by oscillating engines of 140 horse P: 10 0 She is 220 ft long, 25ft bin broad, and 12ft 6in deep; ' l ' ll 'o attained at the trial trip a speed of I3i miles per hoar' i a .s• second vessel, the Platypus, which is intended for 0%4 ting the shallow rivers of North Australia, is a twin ber,.;3lt of the following dimensions :—Length 140 ft, brea dth 6'_n, depth lift, burthen 340 tons builders' measurein;e4j, She is propelled by engines of 40 horse power rie l33 : - 0 0 and attained on her trial trip a speed of 10i m iles Pe r 7 1 , 0 0, in steaming from the Cloch to the Cumbria can be against the tide. The screws of the PlatYPil s connected, and made to work separately, ho that t ypO can be tut ned almost within her own length. Th e e 1 501.0 will carry to her destination, in pieces, a saloon , P oo p steamer, intended to run between Ipswich a nd Dr's og.o Queensland, and of the foLlowing dimensions 1,0 170 ft, breadth 22ft 6in, depth 6tt 6in. This vessel svot, propelled by a pair of diagonal engines of 90 h orse P° 1)10 ATTEMPTED MURDER Al' BRIGHTON.'"Ieci ;IP Brighton Police-court yesterday, Caroline Boyd, °Ag Kii - a stylishly-dressed young woman, was cha r g e d - tflt cutting and wounding her husband, Michael 1 3 °3 1 1: t a razor. From the evidence adduced, at ap pears t ;via parties have been married about eight months, all;Atell' occupied apartments at 21, Richmond-street, Orn About 2 o'clock yesterday morning the l an dlord ° al4 house was aroused by a noise in the bedroom 00000.131,1080 prisoner. He at once went in see the naase'oo 60'4 found Boyd lying on the bed weltering i n blood• prisoner what was the matter, and she said that her r r e had put his razor under his pillow, " to do O; the night; that he quarrelled with her , and atra rooi;t and that, in self-delence, she cut him with 111 00 0 0 4 adding that she meant to murder hire , and thenthat fro suicide. Dr. Barratt was sent for, and fall ud ov er man was suffering from an incised wound 10051100 left ear, and in a precarious state through ° a 00 ,diti:, from loss of blood. He was in so dangeaus an d w e t that he was unable to attend the p oi ce _couri pris o o ti tts prisoner was remanded. In answer to the eharg°, eat told the magistrates that she had had C£lll6o tO of her husband ; and when she went home i 13e , 0 , 0 y evening she told him so, and that she should. 1 0, or his a6oot next day. He said if she attempted to leave she would again, he would murder her, and P ll , in to ,„, under his pillow. She then undressed and ga c i ; oc o P* o and spoke to him again of his inconstancy, auroor menced beating her. She thereupon took the to 0.- A t i or .—ln Yorkshire, from d tr und l e c r E th lN e pillow, jcrNE and used it in her own defeac.ui bu tt weather of some years a return has been ra t : .17 . 0 a n e5..., blasts. On Sunday morning. and again reg i • t i r o d a temperature t he pond belows had f a r e t e h z i i n n gcopaotiinntg. olfoicexe,paollsid';,,covseitrit°l3o! the potatoes and fruit have suffered. Fruit, t i ro , soi. generally thought toO well to take much harrn.o,.: oor what unusual at this season to see the fields bI " 4 white tlire ra w ' o it r h ui to g a s r th fr i o s st w , e a e s k i , n winter, yet they 116're